The Bread, My Sweet (2001)

5.5/10 105 min Drama Romance

Overview

Dominic works round the clock: nights making biscotti for his family's bakery in a working-class Italian neighborhood in Pittsburgh, then days downtown where he's a specialist in firing people at a company that negotiates mergers. He's thrown for a loop with he learns that Bella, an elderly neighbor who's his family's closest friend, has but a few months to live. All her life, she's saved money in coffee cans for her daughter, Lucca's, wedding, but Lucca is off in foreign lands, initially as a Peace Corps volunteer, and doesn't need a man. Dominic vows to bring Lucca home and convince her to marry him to fulfill Bella's most fervent wish. What will Lucca say?

Cast

Scott Baio

Dominic

Kristin Minter

Lucca

Shuler Hensley

Pino

John Seitz

Massimo

Billy Mott

Eddie

Adrienne Wehr

Tamela

John Amplas

Jimmy

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